God Friended Me just wrapped its series finale, so what’s next? Recently, creators Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt spoke with Deadline about the cancelled CBS TV show and the possible future of the series.
The series revolves around a thoughtful and outspoken podcaster named Miles (Brandon Micheal Hall) whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from a user named “God.” The cast also includes Violett Beane, Joe Morton, Suraj Sharma, Javicia Leslie, and Erica Gimpel, with Adam Goldberg and Jessica Lu recurring.
In the interview, Lilien and Wynbrandt told Deadline their season three plans for God Friended Me had CBS renewed the series:
We would have loved to explored Rakesh and Jaya’s ongoing story, we wanted her to get pregnant and see how they would deal with it and what becoming a father would mean for Rakesh. That was a big story we wanted to explore. We also wanted to explore Miles’ relationship with the atheist podcaster that we mention in the finale, we wanted Miles to be lured over to work at his company to start a podcast, to see that relationship and how that would change Miles’ perspective on being someone who is a voice piece for atheism and young millennials.
The two creators also discussed how they turned the show’s season two finale into a series finale after finding out God Friended Me had been cancelled:
I feel relieved that we have an ending that we feel is satisfactory. We were in New York directing this episode and had to pull the plug and we had no real idea if we were going to get to finish. Then a couple of weeks ago, conversations with Warner Bros and CBS started to lean towards us not getting a renewal, so Steven and I crafted a plan to finish the finale. We’d only filmed five days so we had to get crafty and pull footage from previous episodes. The fact that we were able to pull it off was a pretty monumental thing, and we’re pretty proud of it.”
And what about continuing the series as a podcast since the main character, Miles, is a podcaster? Wynbrandt said that is a possibility:
Brandon Michael Hall has talked to us about that on occasion. Currently we are just winding down out of the editorial phase of the finale, so no plans currently, but you may want to keep your ears open for it.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of God Friended Me? Would you listen to a podcast version?
I love this show. My whole family did. It was so nice to have a feel good show with some suspend. Refreshing to have a show with no killings, no nudity, no sex. A show that left it to ones imagination. Bring it back.
I loved this show and am very sad it is not coming back. I think the writers did a wonderful job crafting the finale especially considering they did not have a lot of notice. Just sad to see another great show go while the powers that be have no problem holding on to crap shows.
Such a shame. My husband and I watched every Sunday night. Wish they could continue on Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu.
Netflix, amazon or hbo should pickup this great show
God Friended Me was one of the fresh originals you should ged rid of the cookie cutter sit / rom Coms like “Broke ” that show is stupid I’m 64 yrs young so I know what I’m talking about CBS has always been a run by old fogie station . Wait …. Im venting “sorry” G. F. M. Deserves to be renewed . Thank You
I am so disappointed this series has been cancelled. God Friended me has become my favorite show. Please CBS……reconsider!!!
It’s interesting. Maybe it could fold in a soap opera style format like those I have seen on YouTube. I’m down for it!!!!!!
The ending was classic. Miles went to the mountain and met God and She was waiting for him. I would have preferred the show continued because it gave the assurance that someone, something, God, The Universe, the Source, the Prime Mover behind the mover, is always here for us. To think Miles had to “shuffle off this mortal coil” and move to the next plane to make that discovery seems sad. Can he not just come back as a messenger? (Or on some other network?). I was driven to tears at the conclusion. I hope it is just another beginning.
Everyone check out my tweet: https://twitter.com/itspolleus/status/1255218091975475200?s=21
Share it. Retweet it. Comment. Let’s plead to save this wonderful show! Truly one of the better ones on tv.
I love this show and the characters in it. I hope the powers that be change their minds and bring it back.
My all time FAVORITE show. So sad it’s cancelled.
I sure hope another network picks it up!
It ended in a way that there is more story to tell…and the show has a huge fanbase . We are so upset that it was cancelled.
I really liked this show also and I am very disappointed that it was cancelled. It was one of the few shows that had a positive message, a good storyline, and could be watched by the entire family. I wish CBS would reconsider or think about streaming it
Very upset they show ended. A good clean family show. Would love to see it come back.
Such a great show, why cancel!! Have watched many shows which were cancelled after 2 or 3 seasons!! Such a great show with great characters focusing on faith not murders, or rape and others horrific crimes. Please keep it going!!!
I don’t understand why the show is cancelled. It’s a show with kindhearted, pleasant characters. No violence as most shows are. Wish, some studios pick it up. It’s a shame
I am very sad, this wonderful series had to ended. I mean one of the few series that had integrity and great for all ages. You see these other series that shows a lot of profanity, those the don’t cancel. Sadly this is the world we are living. People choose profanity instead of love, compassion and must of all. Our beliefs and faith.